(NECN: Kenneth Craig, Sutton, Mass.) - A father and son from Sutton will spend the next two months traveling the country in a Volkswagen Beetle. What's unusual about the trip is that the car is powered by vegetable oil. Today they stopped by ...

Originally posted by Omar: What's unusual about the trip is that the car is powered by vegetable oil.

Unusual? Not in this forum's world. For me it's unusual to drive on long road trips and purchase diesel.

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